Election Commission have officially announced that polling has been cancelled in the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency.
Election Commission have officially announced that polling has been cancelled in the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency.
‘Accepting the recommendation of the Election Commission dated 14th April 2019, President has rescinded the election to Vellore parliamentary constituency, Tamil Nadu’ said Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra.
The move has been made after undisclosed cash of Rs. 11.5 crore was allegedly seized from a warehouse of DMK's electoral candidate earlier this month.
After the cash was seized, the district police had filed a complaint against the accused, DM Kathir Anand, son of senior DMK leader Durai Murugan and two other party functionaries on the basis of a report from the Income Tax department on April 10.
Reacting to the orders, DMK treasurer S. Duraimurugan has called it murder of democracy.